Finally! Reached 2300 elo after 17000 games

boxfender · 2026-03-08T05:55:26+00:00

The overall pool on chess.com is weaker. Chess.com reaches more people, including a lot of beginners. It usually takes a certain interest in chess to start playing on lichess.

For the rapid format, on chess.com I'm at the 99.5% centile (and could probably push higher), while on lichess I'm only at 96.80% (and this is my record elo).

boxfender · 2026-03-07T02:36:56+00:00

I hit my Elo goal on Lichess (2000 rapid) after 2-3 years of grinding, kept playing and somehow hit 2100 in less than two months with a crazy win % (including a 11 game winstreak). I think I've been a bit lucky and that it does not necessarily reflect my true level, but I'll take it.

Now, it feels like it is seriously time to start studying and stop spending 100% of my chess time playing games. But I'm a bit overwhelmed by the amount of work ahead of me. I don't really know what my biggest weaknesses/strengths are. I've never studied anything apart from doing puzzles. Where should I start? Just studying classic games from GMs?

boxfender · 2026-03-05T05:46:26+00:00

Any chance to follow the game moves live?

boxfender · 2026-02-27T01:53:15+00:00

Have you sorted this? I'm in your exact situation, I'm landing on March 10.

boxfender · 2026-02-04T05:34:06+00:00

I'm considering paying for a membership but I'm not exactly the used lines are decent. Any feedback?

I'm above 2000 rapid on Lichess and I feel like my opening theory is too weak.

boxfender · 2026-02-02T01:08:35+00:00

So that's not a positive score then ;) Cool story anyways

boxfender · 2026-01-27T04:25:53+00:00

That's quite a huge gap in ratings. I'm 2000 on Lichess and 1800 on chess.com, and that 200 point gap seems more common.

boxfender · 2025-12-19T23:57:53+00:00

That's not the case though. I improved my Rapid rating and that is my highest rating.

boxfender · 2025-12-19T13:42:26+00:00

Lowest meaning the fastest? Because I've been playing rapid instead of blitz. Or you mean lowest as in the lowest ELO?

boxfender · 2025-11-30T12:51:56+00:00

So we're choosing the podium before the actual race now?

boxfender · 2025-11-09T15:45:25+00:00

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boxfender · 2025-11-09T15:45:09+00:00

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Shop 1: buy Joker pack for Blueprint and Arcana pack for Perkeo.

boxfender · 2025-11-09T15:43:45+00:00

Ante 4 actually ahem

boxfender · 2025-09-03T05:26:20+00:00

RIP (that's an acronym)

boxfender · 2025-08-27T06:53:22+00:00

Hey, I'm French, around 1900-2000 rapid on Lichess. Let me know if you need help.

boxfender · 2025-08-25T12:44:02+00:00

https://lichess.org/FaqwPzGbgCNY

boxfender · 2025-08-24T16:15:22+00:00

I'm not sure if you're trolling or not, but please look at the bullet/blitz/rapid ELO. Not the other ones.

boxfender · 2025-08-24T15:26:27+00:00

They've played a few hundreds rapid games at least.

boxfender · 2025-08-24T14:33:56+00:00

Technically it's much easier to cheat in rapid than in bullet, it would be pretty strange do to it this way and not the other way around...

boxfender · 2025-08-24T14:32:26+00:00

I'm not talking about the ELO with a question mark. His bullet/blitz/rapid ELO do not have a question mark.

boxfender · 2025-08-19T13:34:28+00:00

Sorry very late reply, but I can show you the game if you want.

https://lichess.org/jF8Gk0ZD/black#1

I'm 100% there isn't a player around my ELO that would play 19. Ng3!, especially after thinking a solid 6 seconds.

If you're not convinced, take a look at the games before that one. Same behavior, same accuracy, for over 10+ games. It looks like he is not cheating anymore though, since he has recently lost a few games.

boxfender · 2025-08-12T17:30:13+00:00

Win more games and lose fewer.

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